{"id":429254,"date":"2023-07-09T18:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T18:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=429254"},"modified":"2023-07-09T18:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T18:40:46","slug":"mets-late-draft-pick-is-determined-to-prove-the-critiques-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mets-late-draft-pick-is-determined-to-prove-the-critiques-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Late Draft Pick Is Determined To Prove The Critiques Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Vasil, who was chosen by the Mets in the eighth round of the 2021 draft and was born in Boston, would be lying if he said he didn&#8217;t recognize a small amount of his &#8220;hero,&#8221; Tom Brady, in himself.<\/p>\n<h2>Mets&#8217; Late Draft Pick Mike Vasil Is Determined To Prove Critiques Wrong<\/h2>\n<p>Brady was chosen in the latter stages of his draft class, namely the sixth round. He had a Hall of Fame career with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and holds the record for the most championship rings in NFL history with seven. He is regarded by many as the best NFL player in league history.<\/p>\n<p>Vasil, a top Mets prospect and a Boston native, arrived to the All-Star Futures Game on Saturday wearing cleats with a pattern inspired by the Citi Field home run apple.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Vasil recorded a strikeout in the Futures Game<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetsPlayerDev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MetsPlayerDev<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DpA0ChVqHh\">pic.twitter.com\/DpA0ChVqHh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNY_Mets\/status\/1677855222738059264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vasil was selected 232nd overall in the eighth round of the draft, which makes Brady&#8217;s fixation with his selection as the 199th overall choice in the 2000 NFL Draft come to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Before suffering an arm injury that reduced his value, Vasil may have been selected in the first round out of high school.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I certainly see a lot of similarities between Mike Vasil and Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. <\/p>\n<p>Vasil has a near identical build to Cole, standing an inch taller and only five pounds heavier. Vasil tops out at 97mph, has a gyro slider, and a dastardly curve with -12 inches of VB. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LGM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9KbZHFXdMx\">pic.twitter.com\/9KbZHFXdMx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Bartels (@DanBartels2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanBartels2\/status\/1677862773710094336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He ultimately chose to compete at Virginia and lost in the eighth round in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Amazins and their supporters will be ecstatic if Vasil turns out to be anything like Brady for the Mets. But that&#8217;s a long way off. Vasil is currently pitching at the Futures Game alongside the best and brightest talents of the future, which is a feat in and of itself for an eighth-round draft selection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I had a blast. The whole day has been great.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Mike Vasil talks about his Futures Game experience: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zrwRwCBack\">pic.twitter.com\/zrwRwCBack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNY_Mets\/status\/1677856335751180289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see things about like, \u2018Oh, could have been this.\u2019 \u2018Could have been that out of high school,\u2019 \u201d Vasil, who was the Mets\u2019 lone representative at the Futures Game, said before he faced two batters \u2014 walking one and striking out one \u2014 in the National League\u2019s 5-0 win. \u201cBut for me, I would just say I\u2019m an eighth-round pick, just here, Futures Game, moving my way through the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, he walked Spencer Jones of the Yankees before getting Kyren Paris of the Angels to strike out after three pitches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Vasil gets loose before the Futures Game \u2b50\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aScrVGeauw\">pic.twitter.com\/aScrVGeauw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNY_Mets\/status\/1677786778785419264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love to win,\u201d Vasil said. \u201cOne thing about me is whether it\u2019s six innings, four runs, and that\u2019s what the job calls for or seven innings, shutout. You gotta do your job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His nature also makes him recall perceived slights.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/genymets\/status\/1676260613574520832?s=20<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am who I am,\u201d Vasil said. \u201cI identify as the eighth-round pick in the \u201921 draft class. I\u2019m just working hard to not necessarily prove it to others, but prove it to myself that I know how good I can be and ultimately try to get to Citi Field and pitch in the big leagues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NBA Rumors: Phoenix Suns Are In The Lead To Sign A Notable Free Agent\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba-rumors-phoenix-suns-are-in-the-lead-to-sign-a-notable-free-agent\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">NBA Rumors: Phoenix Suns Are In The Lead To Sign A Notable Free Agent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Vasil, who was chosen by the Mets in the eighth round of the 2021 draft and was born in Boston, would be lying if he said he didn&#8217;t recognize a small amount of his &#8220;hero,&#8221; Tom Brady, in himself. Mets&#8217; Late Draft Pick Mike Vasil Is Determined To Prove Critiques Wrong Brady was chosen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":266798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,55],"tags":[9503,11006,4997,11005],"class_list":["post-429254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-new-york-mets","tag-mets-2023","tag-mets-mike-vasil","tag-mets-news","tag-mike-vasil"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}